Is Princes Plant based Mexican mixed bean chilli ultra-processed?

392 g Plant-based meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

19 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed plant-based meals

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato Puree, Tomatoes, Red Kidney Beans 11%, Black Turtle Beans 10%, Pinto Beans 10%, Red Pepper, Onion, Water, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Cumin, Dark Muscovado Sugar, Coriander Leaf, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Puree, Smoked Paprika, Coriander, Salt (processing marker), Chipotle Chilli, Chilli

As written on the pack

Tomato Puree, Tomatoes, Red Kidney Beans (11%) , Black Turtle Beans (10%), Pinto Beans (10%), Red Pepper, Onion, Water. Modified Maize Starch, Cumin, Dark Muscovado Sugar, Coriander Leaf, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Puree, Smoked Paprika, Coriander, Salt, Chipotle Chilli Powder, Chilli Powder.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 65 plant-based meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 49% of the plant-based meals here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 65 plant-based meals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000232027924, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.